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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't Thomas go anywhere?
(a) They are surrounded by the enemy.
(b) He is wounded too badly.
(c) His leg is broken.
(d) He is blind.

2. On what day does Charlie say he was born?
(a) June 2.
(b) November 22.
(c) October 5.
(d) January 1.

3. What does everyone share in common?
(a) The fear of letting down their buddies.
(b) The lack of food.
(c) The terrible heat.
(d) Being cold.

4. What does Thomas say he plans to do?
(a) Beat up the Colonel.
(b) Never go to war.
(c) Take over Charlie's job at the farm after Charlie enlists.
(d) Lie about his age and enlist.

5. What are Charlie, Thomas, and the rest of their company sent out to do?
(a) Steal some of the enemy's weapons.
(b) Disable the large guns of the Germans.
(c) Bring back a prisoner to interrogate.
(d) Steal some of the enemy's pigs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the German soldier tell Thomas when he aims a gun to Thomas' head?

2. What is the outcome of the trial?

3. Who does Thomas see when he returns from leave?

4. What do Charlie, Thomas, and the rest of the trainees think of the war during boot camp?

5. Who else suffers as a result of Charlie's refusal?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Charlie, Thomas, and the rest of the regiment feel about the war during training?

2. What happens when the next wave of shelling stops?

3. What does Thomas wait for for a night and day and what is the outcome?

4. What happens when Thomas is writing a letter home and how does Thomas respond?

5. How do the men feel about Hanley's order, who voices that opinion, and what does Hanley say?

6. What happens when they encounter a German soldier in the German trenches?

7. Where are Charlie and Thomas sent and why are they glad at first?

8. Why is Molly at Charlie and Thomas' house one day when they return from work and what has she brought with her?

9. What is the front line like?

10. What happens to Thomas in the German bunker and who pulls him out?

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